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(No Model.)

W. M. VISBR. NAILING IMPLEMENT.

Pate11te;1..QGt. 18, 1887.

IiNrTen STATES l PATENT @Trina \\fll'il.lAl\i4 M. 'VISISIL OF MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY'.

NAELING IMPLEMNT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,863,I dated October 18, 1887.

Application filed August, 18H7. Serial No. 246,318. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WiLLrAM M. Visita, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Maysville, iu the county of Mason and State of lientncky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nailingdltachines; and I do declare the following to bc a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertain's to make and use thc same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon, which .forma part of this specitication.

rlhis invention relates to devices for securing together two or more pieces of material, designed more particularly for use in the making of hedge fences of that class wherein the plants composing the hedge are inclined alternately in opposite directions and secured together at their points of intersection by means of a nail or t-he like passed through theplauts; but I do not intend to reslrictinysel f solely to such use. n

rIhe object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable instrument by which the plants may be secured together in a rapid and easy manner without injury to the plants or to the hands ofthe person making the fence.

To this end and to such others as it may pertain the invention consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

rlhe invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts broken away. Fig.

2 is a central vertical longitudinal section ofv my device. Fig 3 is a top plan with parts removed.

Referring by letter to the details of the drawings, A represents what Iterin. the bedplate,7 slotted longitudinally upon its upper face, as shown at c, and provided at one end with suitable handle, A. Fitted to slide loir gitudinally in the recess or slot c is a rackbar, I3, the forward cud ,of which carries a plunger, C, which isprovided at its rear end with eut-away portions b to form shoulders b', which are designed to engage the shoulders c, formed in the upper face of the bed-plate, as shown, to limit the rearward movement of the rack-bar. rIhe extreme forward, end of thi bed-plate is curved, as shown, for a purpos hereinafter described, and upon its upper face near the forward end, is formed with a sunkei recess, d, to form a guide for the plunger, ani centrally within this recess is a longitudina channel, e, of such a depth that when a nai is lying therein a portion of the upper longi tudinal half thereof will project above sai channel and lie in the path ot' the plunger.

Secured to and rising from the bed-plate ar the lugs or ears D, which also extend a shor distance below the bottom of said bed-plate, fo a purpose hereinafter explained. ll is a seg mental rack journaled on a suitable shaft hav ing bearings in said lug, and having teeth cu in its segmental face designed to engage th reciprocal teeth in the rack.-bar B. Saidracl is provided with n suitable handle by whicl it is operated.

F is a clanip-bar arranged upon the nude side of the bed-plate. This clamp-bar is pre vided with alongitudinal slot, j, through whic passes the bolt G, provided with a washer, 0 and locking-lever H, by means ot' which saii clampbar may be adjusted lengthwise of th bedplate and held firmly in its adjusted posi tion. The ends of the lugs D, which extem below the bed-plate, as above described, fern guides for the clamp-bar and prevent wabbling thereof. The forward end of the clamp-bar i curved, as shown, and at the curved end i provided an opening, 71, in line with the chan nel c in the bed-plate.

I is a plate removably secured on top of th bed-plate, and is made removable for thepui pose of making access to the plunger easy fo repairs or other causes, and serves to protee the parts from dirt.

The nail-box K is removably secured to th forward end of the bed-plate, and is providel with a substantially V -shaped bottom, k, which when the bottom is iu place, is innnediatell over the channel c in the bed-plate, and com mnnieates therewith by means of an opening Z, in the point of the bottom. Any othersuit able form of nail-box may be used if desired L is a follower :within the nail-box and cai ried by the stem M, which has a yielding mc tion in the neck my, extended above the top c the nail`box. N is a coiled spring around sai Stein between the follower and the top of th IEi r plate.

nail-box, and serves at all times to keep the follower pressed down u-pon the nails.

While I prefer a spring-actuated follower, l do not wish to confine myself thereto, as a 5 gravi ty-follower may sometimes be found quite as efficient. The nailbox has a movable side, O, provided at its lower end with aslot, o, designed to engage a stud, p, projecting from the side of the bed-plate. This side is slipped in from the top, being guided by the end plates of the box and the clamp Q, through which passcsa set-screw, q, designed to hold the re movable side in place.

.In practice the nail-box is filled with nails, and the hedge-plants or other articles to be operated upon are embraced by the curved end ofthe clamp-bar and the forward end of the bed-plate, which is rounded, so as not to injure the plants. The handle of the segmental rapk is then thrown into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, which withdraws the plunger from beneath the opening in the bottom of the V-shaped nail^box, allowing a nail to pass therethrough into the channel e in the bed- The handle of the segmental rack is then thrown backward, and by reason of its engagement with the rack bar forces the plunger forward, and the nail which has just fallen into the channel c in the bed-plate is `o forced forward through the hedgc-plantsand clamped firmly between the curved end of the clamping-bar and the forward end of the bedplate, as shown in Fig. l. The operation may be repeated as rapidly as desired, for as soon 5 as the plunger is drawn back another nail passes from the nail-box, the spring-actuated follower insuring this. The device is simple, durable, and efficient, and will at once commend itself to any one.

ov It will be of course understood that I do not desire to limit myself to thepreeise construetion described, as the same may be varied to a certain extent without departing from my invcntion.

5 Having thus described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the nail-box and the spring-actuated follower therein, of a plu nger moving at right angles to the travel of saidv follower, a rack-bar, and means engaging said rack-bar for reciprocating said plunger, as set forth.

2. A device for the purpose described com- 5 prising the following elements: a bed-plate, a

nail-box carried thereby,a spring-actuated follower in said nail-box, a clamp-bar adjustable on said bed-plate, a plunger movable in said bed-plate at right angles to the travel of said 3 follower, a rack-bar carried by said plunger,

bed-plate and having a diseharge-openingimi mediately above said channel, a follower in -said nail-box, and a plunger in the slot of the bed-plate, a rack-bar carried by said plunger, and a segmental rack havingasuitable handle and engaging said rack-bar for reciprocating said plunger, as set forth.

5. The eombination,wit.h the bed-plate,nail box, and plunger, of the lugs D, secured to said bed plate .and extended below the bottom thereof, andthe elampbar on the under side of said bed-plate and held between the extended portion ofsaid lugs, substantially as described.

6. The combinatioinwith the bed-plate,nail box, and plunger, of thelugs D, secured to said bed plate and extended below the bottom thereof, and the clamp-bar on the, under side of said bedplate and held between the extended portion of said lugs, and means for adjusting said clamp-bar on the bcd-plate.

7. The co1nbination,with the bed-plate provided with nail-box, longitudinal slot a, and lugs D, of the rackbar B, carrying plunger C, and means for reciprocating said plunger, as set forth.

8. The combi nation,with the bedplatehav ing longitudinal slot a, the nail-box, and the plunger, of the lugs D, secured to said bedplate, the rack-bar carried by said plunger, and the segmental rack carried by a shaft jou rnaled in said lugs and provided with operating-handle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination, with the bed-plate having longitudinal slot a and channel e, plunger, and means for reciprocating said plunger, of the nail-box having a V-shaped bottom provided with a contracted discharge bottom and arranged immediately above the channel e,and a follower in said nail-box, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'WILLlAM M. VISER.

`Witnesses:

B. II. OWEN, J. D. Moons.

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